Yajurvindra Singh

{{Short description|Indian cricketer (born 1952)}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Yajurvindra Singh

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 August 1952}}

| birth_place = Rajkot, Gujarat, India

| death_date =

| death_place =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 109

| bat avg1 = 18.16

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 43*

| deliveries1 = 120

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1= 11/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 78

| runs2 = 3,765

| bat avg2 = 42.30

| 100s/50s2 = 9/18

| top score2 = 214

| deliveries2 = 1,552

| wickets2 = 50

| bowl avg2 = 31.03

| fivefor2 = 2

| tenfor2 = 1

| best bowling2 = 7/20

| catches/stumpings2= 83/–

| country = India

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1977–1979

| testcap = 140

| testdebutagainst = England

| testdebutdate = 28 January

| testdebutyear = 1977

| lasttestdate = 11 September

| lasttestagainst = Australia

| lasttestyear = 1979

| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36072.html CricInfo

| date = 10 May

| year = 2020

}}

Yajurvindra Singh {{audio|Yajurvindra_Singh.ogg|pronunciation}} (born 1 August 1952) is a former Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches from 1977 to 1979.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36072.html |title=Yajurvindra Singh|access-date=9 May 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He is from the erstwhile princely family of Bilkha,{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/theprincelystates/b/bilkha|title=Google Sites|access-date=3 March 2014|archive-date=17 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417214833/https://sites.google.com/site/theprincelystates/b/bilkha|url-status=dead}} in Junagadh district in Saurashtra. Yajurvindra Singh, known as 'Sunny' since childhood, studied at the elite Rajkumar College in Rajkot,{{cite web |url=http://www.rkcrajkot.com/ |title=Home |website=rkcrajkot.com}} where he captained his School Team at the same time that Karsan Ghavri, who hailed from Rajkot, and who eventually went on to play for the Indian team, captained the Virani High School team. The two often played against each other at local school fixtures.

He co-holds two Test fielding records: 5 catches in an innings, and 7 in a match.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/691775 |title=Royalty on the cricket field |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=18 May 2018}}